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From  the 


Official  Catalogue  of  the  Trop 

Of  the  United  States 


WASHBURN 


Illustrated  Case  Inscriptions 


From  the 


Official  Catalogue  of  the  Trophy  Flags 

Of  the  United  States  Navy  ' 


BY 

H.  C.  WASHBURN 

Instructor,  U .  S.  Naval  Academy 


1913 


COPYRIGHT,  1913,  BY 

••:  /•!<;.  j-  ICING,;  ;  ; 

SECY.    ANO    t'Rf'AS.    U./S.-Nli/'ALllNCTITUTE 


BALTIMORE,  MD.,  U.  S.  A. 


PREFACE 

The  trophy  flags  of  the  United  States  Navy  are  the  priceless 
symbols,  not  so  much  of  our  captures,  as  of  our  long  honor  roll  of 
heroic  victories  on  the  high  seas,  victories  won  by  the  consistently 
maintained  skill  and  efficiency,  as  well  as  by  the  tradiuonal  daring 
and  devotion  to  duty,  of  our  officers  and  men.  Flags  of  Great 
Britain,  of  France,  Spain,  Mexico,  and  Korea ;  United  States  en 
signs  side  by  side  with  the  ensigns  of  the  Confederate  States,  their 
age,  their  faded  colors,  and  the  security  of  their  repose  as  they 
hang  in  draped  folds  behind  the  glass  of  their  exhibition  cases,  are 
significant  reminders  that  we  are  at  peace  with  those  who  in  the 
past  were  enemies.  The  old  bunting  is  treasured  for  its  story  of 
brave  deeds  and  noble  sacrifice,  the  heritage  of  both  the  victors 
and  the  vanquished.  The  bitterness  of  the  conflicts  over  which 
the  flags  were  flown  is  lost  in  the  peaceful  silence  of  their  resting 
place. 

Since  1847,  the  gradually  increasing  collection  has  been  kept  at 
the  Xaval  Academy,  where,  for  many  years,  the  flags  were  ex 
hibited  in  the  old  Naval  Institute  Hall.  In  1901,  when  this  build 
ing  was  about  to  be  torn  down,  the  trophies  were  packed  in  sealed 
boxes,  to  await  the  day  when  they  should  be  properly  preserved 
and  placed  in  the  new  buildings  of  the  Naval  Academy. 

It  was  known  that  the  flags,  when  packed  away,  were  in  poor 
condition,  and  it  was  feared  that,  in  spite  of  all  precautions,  they 
would  be  damaged  by  moths.  Efforts  to  have  them  put  in  a  per 
manent  state  of  preservation  were,  however,  unsuccessful  until 
1911. 

To  Commander  William  Carey  Cole,  U.  S.  N.,  more  than  to  any 
other  individual,  is  due  the  credit  for  the  accomplishment  of  their 
restoration.  Early  in  1911,  Commander  Cole,  then  officer  in  charge 
of  buildings  and  grounds  at  the  Naval  Academy,  began  a  corre 
spondence,  which  included  the  naval  committees  of  Congress, 
patriotic  societies,  and  the  custodians  of  flag  collections.  The 
Hon.  Curtis  Guild,  ex-governor  of  Massachusetts,  named  as  his 
choice  of  an  expert  on  flag  preservation,  Airs.  Amelia  Fowler,  of 
Boston.  At  the  request  of  Commander  Cole,  Airs.  Fowler  exam 
ined  the  flags  in  April,  1911.  She  found  them  so  seriously  dam- 

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aged  by  the  ravages  of  moths,  as  well  as  the  decay  of  age,  that 
no  ordinary  method  of  preservation  would  suffice  to  insure  their 
permanent  existence.  Her  special  process  consisted  in  spreading 
the  tattered  remnants  of  each  flag  upon  a  backing  of  heavy  Irish 
linen  of  neutral  color.  This  delicate  work  was  guided  by  the  orig 
inal  measurement  of  the  flag,  by  a  knowledge  of  its  design,  and 
by  placing  in  vertical  and  horizontal  lines  the  warp  and  woof 
threads  in-the  fragments  of  bunting.  What  remained  of  the  orig 
inal  flag  was  then  sewn  firmly  to  the  linen  backing  by  needle 
women,  under  Mrs.  Fowler's  instruction  and  guidance.  The 
stitches,  of  silk  or  linen  thread,  cover  the  entire  surface  of  the  flag 
and  its  backing,  with  a  very  strong,  yet  hardly  visible  network, 
of  circular  meshes  about  half  an  inch  in  diameter.  The  thread 
is  carefully  dyed  to  match  the  colors  of  the  old  flag,  however  faded 
or  stained  in  varying  degrees.  \Yhere  there  are  gaps  or  missing 
parts  in  the  original,  the  stitches,  dyed  to  match  the  adjacent  edges 
of  the  old  bunting,  complete  the  design  of  the  flag,  and  tell  graphic 
ally  the  story  of  the  pieces  that  are  gone. 

On  April  8,  1912,  Congress  passed  an  act  appropriating  $30,000 
for  the  work  of  preservation  and  preparation  for  exhibition. 
Shortly  before  the  act  was  passed,  Commander  Cole  held  up, 
before  the  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  as  an  im 
pressive  witness,  the  disintegrating  tatters  of  Oliver  Hazard 
Perry's  battle  flag,  the  signal  for  action  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie, 
which  bears  in  rudely  fashioned  letters  the  dying  words  of  Captain 
James  Lawrence,  "  Don't  Give  Up  the  Ship.'' 

On  July  12,  1912,  Mrs.  Fowler's  needlewomen,  who  averaged 
40  in  number,  began  the  arduous  labor  of  sewing  over  by  hand 
every  square  inch  of  the  15,000  square  yards  of  172  flags.  The 
flags  were  completed,  and  put  on  exhibition  at  the  Naval  Academy, 
May  16,  1913.  They  occupy  41  cases,  and  23  paneled  spaces  on  the 
ceiling  of  the  Auditorium. 

This  volume  is  published  for  the  convenience  of  those  who 
desire  to  know  the  story  of  each  flag  in  a  brief  form,  whether  or 
not  they  avail  themselves  of  the  opportunity  to  inspect  the  trophies 
at  Annapolis. 

H.  C.  WASHBURN. 

ANNAPOLIS.  July,  1913. 


INSCRIPTIONS 

FOR 

TROPHY  FLAGS 

IN 

CEILING 

ACADEMIC  BUILDING 


NUMBER  1 


NUMBER  1 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship  Cyanc,  Captain 
Gordon  Thomas  Falcon.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  frigate  Constitution,  Captain  Charles  Stew 
art.  Action  fought  off  Madeira,  February  20, 
1815.  The  Constitution  captured  the  Levant  in 
the  same  action. 


NUMBER  3 


NUMBER  3 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Reindeer,  Captain 
William  Manners.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
sloop  IV  asp,  Master  Commandant  Johnston 
Blakeley.  Action  fought  in  latitude  48°  36'  north  ; 
longitude  11°  15'  west,  southwest  of  Land's  End, 
England,  June  28,  1814. 


NUMBER  4 


NUMBER  4 

Jack  of  the  British  frigate  Guerricre,  Captain 
James  Richard  Dacres.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  frigate  Constitution,  Captain  Isaac  Hull. 
Action  fought  in  latitude  41°  42'  north  ;  longitude 
55°  48'  west,  about  750  miles  east  of  Boston, 
August  19,  1812. 


NUMBER  5 


10 


NUMBER  5 

Pennant  of  the  British  frigate  Guerriere,  Cap 
tain  James  Richard  Dacres.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  frigate  Constitution,  Captain  Isaac 
Hull.  Action  fought  in  latitude  41°  42'  north: 
longitude  55°  48'  west,  about  750  miles  east  of 
Boston,  August  19,  1812. 


11 


NUMBER  12 


12 


NUMBER  12 

Battle  flag  of  the  squadron  under '-'Master  Com 
mandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry.  Flown  success 
ively  on  his  flagships,  the  brigs  Lawrence  and 
Niagara,  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September 
10,  1813.  Made  at  Erie,  by  Perry's  order,  at  the 
suggestion  of  Purser  Samuel  Hambleton,  this 
signal  for  going  into  action  bears  the  dying 
words  of  Captain  James  Lawrence,  mortally 
wounded  in  the  action  between  the  United  States 
frigate  Chesapeake  and  the  British  frigate  Shan 
non,  Captain  Philip  Bowes  Vere  Broke.  Action 
fought  off  Boston,  June  1,  1813. 


13 


NUMBER  14 


14 


NUMBER  14 

British  Royal  Standard.  Taken  from  the  Parliament  House,  at 
York,  now  Toronto,  then  the  capital  of  Upper  Canada, ^vhen  that 
place  was  taken  by  the  squadron  under  Commodore  Isaac  Chaun- 
cey  and  a  land  force  under  General  Zebulon  Montgomery  Pike, 
April  27,  1813. 

The  Royal  Standard  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland,  in  the  heraldic  blazonry  here  shown,  was  established 
by  George  III.  It  was  first  hoisted  on  the  Tower  of  London  and 
displayed  by  the  Foot  Guards,  on  January  1,  1801.  Simultane 
ously,  it  was  hoisted  on  Bedford  Tower,  Dublin,  to  celebrate  the 
legislative  union  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  The  United  King 
dom  dates  from  the  first  day  of  that  year. 

The  three  gold  lions,  "  passant  gardant,"  in  the  first  and  fourth 
quarters,  are  for  England  ;  the  red  lion,  "  rampant,"  in  the  second 
quarter,  is  for  Scotland  ;  the  gold  harp,  in  the  third  quarter,  is  for 
Ireland.  In  the  center,  the  shield  or  "  escutcheon  of  pretence," 
represents  the  Hanoverian  dominions  in  Germany,  including  the 
arms  of  Brunswick  (two  gold  lions  on  a  red  field),  of  Lunenburg 
(a  blue  lion,  "  rampant,"  on  a  gold  field  "  seme  of  hearts  proper  ") , 
and  of  Saxony  (a  silver,  or  white  horse,  "  courant,''  on  a  red  field) . 
The  shield  in  the  center  of  the  arms  of  Hanover  is  a  further  escut 
cheon  of  pretence,  and  bears,  on  a  red  field,  the  crown  of  Charle 
magne,  as  the  badge  of  the  office  of  Arch  Treasurer  to  the  Holy 
Roman  Empire.  The  arms  of  Hanover  are  surmounted  by,  or 
"  ensigned  with,"  the  Electoral  bonnet,  indicating  that  the  ruler 
of  Hanover  was  an  Elector  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire. 


15 


NUMBER  24 


16 


NUMBER  24 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship  Confiance,  flagship 
of  the  squadron  under  Captain  George  Downie. 
Captured  by  the  squadron  under  Master  Com 
mandant  Thomas  Macdonough,  at  the  battle  of 
Lake  Champlain,  off  Pittsburgh,  September  11 
1814. 


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NUMBER  27 


18 


NUMBER  27 

Ensign  of  the  British  sloop  Penguin,  Captain 
James  Dickinson.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
sloop  Hornet,  Captain  James  Biddle.  Action 
fought  off  Tristan  da  Cunha,  in  the  South  Atlan 
tic,  March  23,  1815. 


19 


NUMBER  30 


20 


NUMBER  30 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship  Levant,  Captain  the 
Honorable  George  Douglas.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  frigate  Constitution,  Captain 
Charles  Stewart.  Action  fought  off  Madeira, 
February  20,  1815.  The  Constitution  captured 
the  Cyane  in  the  same  action. 


21 


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NUMBER  40 


22 


NUMBER  40 

Two  pennants  of  the  British  schooner  Chip- 
pewa,  Master's  Mate  John  Campbell.  Captured 
by  the  squadron  under  Master  Commandant 
Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie, 
September  10,  1813. 


23 


NUMBER  41 


24 


NUMBER  41 

Pennant  of  the  British  ship  Queen  Charlotte, 
Captain  Robert  Finnis.  Captured  by  the  squad 
ron  under  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard 
Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10, 
1813. 


25 


NUMBER  45 


26 


NUMBER  45 

Jack  of  the  British  cutter  Landrail,  Lieutenant 
Robert  Daniel  Lancaster.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  privateer  schooner  Syren,  of  Baltimore, 
Captain  J.  D.  Daniels.  Action  fought  in  the  Eng 
lish  Channel,  July  12,  1814. 


27 


NUMBER  50 


28 


NUMBER  50 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship  Detroit,  flagship  of 
the  squadron  under  Commodore  Robert  Heriot 
Barclay.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under  Master 
Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the  battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


29 


NUMBER  52 


30 


NUMBER  52 

Pennant  of  the  British  ship  Detroit,  flagship  of 
the  squadron  under  Commodore  Robert  Heriot 
Barclay.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under  Master 
Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the  battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


31 


NUMBER  53 


32 


NUMBER  53 

Ensign  of  the  British  frigate  Macedonian, 
Captain  John  Surnam  Garden.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  frigate  United  States,  Captain 
Stephen  Decatur.  Action  fought  in  latitude  29° 
north ;  longitude  29°  30'  west,  west  of  the  Canary 
Islands,  October  25,  1812. 


33 


NUMBER  54 


34 


NUMBER  54 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Frolic,  Captain 
Thomas  Whinyates.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  sloop  Wasp,  Master  Commandant  Jacob 
Jones.  Action  fought  about  500  miles  east  of 
Chesapeake  Bay,  October  18,  1812. 


35 


NUMBER  63 


36 


NUMBER  63 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Peacock,  Captain 
William  Peake.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
sloop  Hornet,  Master  Commandant  James  Law 
rence.  Action  fought  off  the  mouth  of  the  Dema- 
rara  River,  British  Guiana,  February  24,  1813. 


37 


NUMBER  66 


38 


NUMBER  66 

Ensign  of  the  British  schooner  Lady  Prevost, 
Captain  Edward  Buchan.  Captured  by  the  squad 
ron  under  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard 
Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10, 
1813. 


39 


NUMBER  68 


40 


NUMBER  68 

Ensign  of  the  Algerine  frigate  Mashouda, 
flagship  of  the  squadron  under  Admiral  Rais 
Hammida.  Captured  by  the  United  States  frigate 
G-uerricre,  flagship  of  the  squadron  under  Com 
modore  Stephen  Decatur.  Action  fought  in  the 
Mediterranean,  off  Cape  de  Gata,  Spain,  June  17, 
1815. 


41 


NUMBER  70 


42 


NUMBER  70 

Jack  of  the  British  brig  Duke  of  Gloucester. 
Captured  by  the  squadron  under  Commodore 
Isaac  Chauncey  at  the  attack  on  York,  now 
Toronto,  Lake  Ontario,  Canada,  April  27,  1813. 


43 


NUMBER  71 


44 


NUMBER  71 

Ensign  of  the  Algerine  brig  Estedio.  Cap 
tured  by  the  United  States  brigs  Epervier  and 
Spark  and  the  schooners  Torch  and  Spitfire,  of 
the  squadron  under  Commodore  Stephen  Decatur. 
Action  fought  off  Cape  Palos,  near  Albufera, 
Algiers,  June  19,  1815. 


45 


NUMBER  73 


46 


NUMBER  73  (NEXT  TO  NUMBER  52) 

Pennant  of  the  British  schooner  Lady  Prevost, 
Captain  Edward  Buchan.  Captured  by  the  squad 
ron  under  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard 
Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10, 
1813. 


47 


NUMBER  75 


48 


NUMBER  75   (IN  SPACE  WITH 
NUMBER  53) 

Pennant  of  the  British  brig  Hunter,  Lieutenant 
George  Bignell.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under 
Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the 
battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


49 


INSCRIPTIONS 

FOR 

TROPHY  FLAGS 

IN 

CASES    1  TO  37 
ACADEMIC  BUILDING 

AND 

CASES  38  TO  41 
BANCROFT  HALL 


CASE  NUMBER  1 


52 


CASE  NUMBER  1 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  26 

Ensign  of  the  British  frigate  Java,  Captain 
Henry  Lambert.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
frigate  Constitution,  Captain  William  Bain- 
bridge.  Action  fought  off  the  southeast  coast  of 
Brazil,  December  29,  1812. 


53 


37 


CASE  NUMBER  2 


54 


CASE  NUMBER  2 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  37 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship  Queen  Charlotte, 
Captain  Robert  Finnis.  Captured  by  the  squadron 
under  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry 
at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


55 


03 


56 


CASE  NUMBER  3 
CATALOGUE   NUMBER  64 

Jack  of  the  British  ship  Cyane,  Captain  Gor 
don  Thomas  Falcon,  captured  by  the  United 
States  frigate  Constitution,  Captain  Charles 
Stewart.  Action  fought  off  Madeira,  February 
20,  1815.  The  Constitution  captured  the  Levant 
in  the  same  action. 

CATALOGUE   NUMBER  25 

Ensign  of  the  British  sloop  Little  Belt,  Lieu 
tenant  Provine.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under 
Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the 
battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


57 


CASE  NUMBER  4 


58 


CASE  NUMBER  4 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  36 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Boxer,  Captain 
Samuel  Blythe.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
brig  Enterprise,  Lieutenant  William  Burrows. 
Action  fought  near  Monhegan  Island,  Maine, 
September  5,  1813. 


59 


CASE  NUMBER  5 


60 


CASE  NUMBER  5  > 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  38 

British  ensign  marked  "  Beresford."  History 
unknown.  Its  condition  indicates  that  it  was  cap 
tured,  probably,  in  the  War  of  1812.  The  addition 
to  the  British  Jack  and  to  the  cantons  of  British 
ensigns  of  the  Red  Saltire  Cross  of  Ireland,  was 
made  by  royal  proclamation  of  George  III,  in 
1801. 


61 


39 


CASE  NUMBER  6 


62 


CASE  NUMBER  6 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  39 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Linnet,  Captain 
Daniel  Pring.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under 
Master  Commandant  Thomas  Macdonough  at 
the  battle  of  Lake  Champlain,  off  Plattsburgh, 
September  11,  1814. 


63 


CASE  NUMBER  7 


64 


CASE  NUMBER  7 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  77 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  battleship  Maine, 
Captain  Charles  Dwight  Sigsbee.  Blown  up  in  the 
harbor  of  Havana,  Cuba,  February  15,  1898. 

Recovered  from  a  locker  of  the  U.  S.  S.  Maine 
after  her  destruction.  Said  to  be  the  flag  lowered 
at  sunset  on  the  evening  of  February  15,  1898. 


65 


CASE  NUMBER  8 


66 


CASE  NUMBER  8 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  33,  ABOVE 

Ensign  (half  torn  away)  of  the  British 
schooner  Dominica,  Lieutenant  George  Wilmot 
Barrette.  Captured  by  the  United  States  priva 
teer  schooner  Decatur,  of  Charleston,  South  Caro 
lina,  Captain  Dominique  Diron.  Action  fought  in 
latitude  23°  4'  north;  longitude  67°  west  (south 
of  the  Bermudas),  August  5,  1813. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  67,  BELOW 

Jack  of  the  British  brig  Epervier,  Captain 
Richard  Walter  Wales.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  sloop  Peacock,  Master  Commandant  Lewis 
Warrington.  Action  fought  off  Cape  Canaveral, 
Florida,  April  29,  1814. 


67 


CASE  NUMBER  9 


68 


CASE  NUMBER  9 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  8 

Ensign  of  the  British  schooner  Highflyer, 
Lieutenant  William  Hutchinson.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  frigate  President,  Commodore 
John  Rodgers.  Action  fought  off  New  York, 
September  23,  1813. 


69 


CASE  NUMBER  10 


70 


CASE  NUMBER  10 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  168 

Jack  of  the  United  States  brig  Truxtun,  Com- 
mander  Henry  Bruce.  The  Truxtun  grounded 
during  the  attack  on  Tuxpan,  Mexico,  by  the 
squadron  under  Commodore  David  Conner,  Au 
gust  15,  1846.  The  guns  of  the  Truxtun  and  two 
jacks  (see  Number  169,  Case  39,  Bancroft  Hall) 
were  recovered  when  Tuxpan,  under  General 
Perfecto  de  Cos,  was  taken  by  a  landing  force 
under  Captain  Samuel  Livingston  Breese,  from 
the  Gulf  Squadron,  Commodore  Matthew  Cal- 
braith  Perry,  April  18,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  69 

Flag  of  the  United  States  naval  garrison  at 
San  Jose,  Lower  California,  commanded  by 
Lieutenant  Charles  Heywood.  A  handful  of  men 
held  the  mission  house  against  the  Mexican  forces 
from  November  9,  1847,  until  relieved  by  the 
United  States  ship  Cyane,  Commander  Samuel 
Francis  Du  Pont,  February  16,  1848.  Passed 
Midshipman  Tennant  McLanahan  met  his  death 
during  an  attack  on  the  mission  house. 


71 


CASE  NUMBER  11 


72 


CASE  NUMBER  11 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  6 

Ensign  of  the  British  schooner  St.  Lawrence, 
Lieutenant  Henry  Cranmer  Gordon.  Captured 
by  the  United  States  privateer  Chasseur.  Captain 
Thomas  Boyle.  Action  fought  off  Havana, 
Cuba,  February  26,  1815.  The  St.  Lawrence  was 
formerly  the  American  privateer  Atlas,  Captain 
David  Maffitt.  The  Atlas,  and  the  Anaconda, 
Captain  Nathaniel  Shaler,  were  captured  by  a 
landing  force  from  Rear-Admiral  Sir  George 
Cockburn's  squadron  at  Ocracoke  Inlet,  North 
Carolina,  July  13,  1813,  and  were  taken  into  the 
British  Navy. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  42 

Ensign  of  the  British  schooner  Chippewa,  Mas 
ter's  Mate  John  Campbell.  Captured  by  the 
squadron  under  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Haz 
ard  Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September 
10,  1813. 


73 


CASE  NUMBER  12 


74 


CASE  NUMBER  12 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  55 

Ensign  of  the  British  ship-sloop* Alert,  Cap 
tain  Thomas  Lamb  Laugharne.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  frigate  Essex,  Captain  David  Por 
ter.  Action  fought  in  the  North  Atlantic,  August 
13,  1812.  The  Alert  was  the  first  ship  taken  from 
the  enemy  in  the  War  of  1812. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  31 

Ensign  of  the  British  brig  Hunter,  Lieutenant 
George  Bignell.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under 
Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the 
battle  of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


75 


CASE  NUMBER  14 


CASE  NUMBER  13 


76 


CASE  NUMBER  13 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  79,  ABOVE 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  steamer  Huron, 
Captain  George  Parker  Ryan.  Wrecked  on  Bodie 
Island,  near  Kittyhawk,  north  of  Cape  Hatteras, 
November  24,  1877.  Four  officers  and  thirty- 
one  men  were  saved  from  a  complement  of  nearly 
one  hundred. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  43,  BELOW 

Mexican  ensign  captured  at  Mazatlan,  Mexico, 
Colonel  Rafael  Telles,  by  a  landing  force  from  the 
Independence,  the  Congress  and  the  Cyane,  Com 
modore  William  Branford  Shubrick,  November 
11,  1847. 

CASE  NUMBER  14 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  15 

Ensign  of  the  French  frigate  I'lnsurgente, 
Captain  Michel  Pierre  Barreaut.  Captured  by 
the  United  States  frigate  Constellation,  Captain 
Thomas  Truxtun.  Action  fought  off  the  Island 
of  Nevis,  West  Indies,  February  9,  1799. 


77 


CASE  NUMBER  15 


78 


CASE  NUMBER  15 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  35 

Chinese  (Boxer)  artillery  flag.  The  Chinese 
character  ££  means  "  artillery  "  ;  used  also  for 
"  cannon."  Captured  under  fire  from  a  Boxer 
barricade  by  Joseph  Mitchell,  gunner's  mate,  first 
class,  of  the  legation  guard  at  Peking,  China,  dur 
ing  the  siege  of  the  legations  by  the  Boxers,  July 
12,  1900. 

Gunner's  Mate  Mitchell  was  accompanied  in  his 
dash  from  the  line  of  defence  by  a  British  marine, 
who  met  his  death.  They  were  covered  by  Private 
Young,  of  the  United  States  Marines,  who,  by  his 
accurate  fire,  kept  the  Boxers  down. 


79 


CASE  NUMBER  16 


80 


CASE  NUMBER  16 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  78  (ATTACHED  TO  NUMBER  58) 

British  guidon,  known  as  a  "  King's  guidon."  History  obscure. 
The  original  inscription  states  that  it  was  "  presented  by  John 
Wilson,  Bedford,  L.  I."  Bedford,  Long  Island,  was  situated 
where  part  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn  now  stands.  In  the  Brooklyn 
"  Star"  of  July  8,  1812,  appeared  this  announcement:  "A  new 
company  of  horse  or  flying  artillery  is  lately  raised  in  this  vicinity 
under  the  command  of  Captain  John  Wilson.  This  company 
promises,  under  the  able  management  of  Captain  Wilson,  to  equal, 
if  not  excel,  any  company  in  the  state." 

The  blazonry  of  the  Royal  Arms  on  this  guidon,  together  with 
the  Roman  numeral  III,  above  the  G  R,  places  it  in  the  reign  of 
George  III,  previous  to  1801,  so  far  as  heraldry  is  concerned.  In 
1801  the  royal  arms  and  standards  were  changed  to  the  blazonry 
shown  on  the  royal  standard  (Number  14).  This  does  not  neces 
sarily  preclude  the  possibility  that  a  British  regiment  or  cavalry 
troop  might  have  carried  a  flag,  the  heraldic  form  of  which  was  of 
a  former  date. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  58 

Silk  flag  with  nine  horizontal  stripes,  the  hoist  being  uppermost 
as  it  is  hung  in  the  case.  History  unknown.  The  stripes  were 
originally,  it  is  thought,  red  and  yellow,  and  they  alternate,  begin 
ning  with  a  red  stripe  at  the  top. 

According  to  a  painting  in  the  Administration  Building,  Naval 
Academy,  on  which  the  artist,  M.  Corne,  has  inscribed  the  date 
1805,  the  military  flag  of  Tripoli,  pictured  as  flown  from  the 
Tripolitan  batteries  during  Commodore  Edward  Preble's  bombard 
ment  in  1803,  had  alternate  red  and  yellow  stripes,  seven  in  num 
ber,  and  arranged  horizontally. 

This  flag,  Number  58,  was  catalogued  in  1888  as  captured  from 
the  British  brig  Epervier. 


81 


CASE  NUMBER  17 


82 


CASE  NUMBER  17 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  76 

Jack  of  the  United  States  battleship  Maine, 
Captain  Charles  Dwight  Sigsbee.  Blown  up  in 
the  harbor  of  Havana,  Cuba,  February  15,  1898. 

This  is  the  Union  Jack  which  was  in  daily  use 
on  the  old  U.  S.  S.  Maine  at  the  time  of  her 
•destruction.  It  was  found  rolled  up  at  the  foot  of 
the  jack  staff,  ready  to  be  hoisted  the  following 
morning.  After  the  destruction  of  the  ship  it  was 
turned  over  to  the  American  Consul  General,  who 
later  sent  it  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy.  By 
direction  of  the  Secretary  it  was  placed  on  exhi 
bition  at  the  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition. 


83 


CASE  NUMBER  18 


84 


CASE  NUMBER  18 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  60,  ABOVE 

The  red  border  extends  completely  round  the  flag,  as  cannot 
be  seen  in  the  case  because  the  hoist  and  the  fly  are  folded  back. 
The  history  of  this  flag  is  unknown. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  2 

History  unknown.  A  British  jack.  Hoist  and  fly  folded  back. 
Length,  8  feet  11  inches;  width,  4  feet  8  inches.  Marked  in  ink 
on  the  hoist  "  Avon."  In  all  probability,  this  is  not  the  jack  of  the 
British  brig  Avon,  Captain  the  Honorable  James  Arbuthnot,  de 
feated  by  the  United  States  sloop  Wasp,  ..Master  Commandant 
Johnston  Blakeley,  in  British  waters,  on  the  night  of  September  1, 
1814.  Blakeley  did  not  know  the  name  of  the  vessel  he  engaged. 
At  10  p.  m.  the  stranger's  fire  ceased.  At  10.12  Blakeley  hailed  to 
ask  if  she  had  surrendered.  The  reply  was  "  yes."  The  Wasp 
was  about  to  lower  a  boat  when  suddenly  another  ship  appeared. 
The  boat  was  ordered  back  and  the  men  sent  to  quarters.  At 
10.36  two  more  vessels  were  discovered  standing  toward  the  Wasp. 
Blakeley  then  stood  away  with  the  second  stranger  in  chase.  He 
escaped  and  continued  his  cruise,  not  knowing  the  name  or  the 
fate  of  his  antagonist.  It  \vas  afterward  known  that  she  was 
the  Avon.  The  vessel  that  came  to  the  rescue  of  the  Avon  was  a 
British  brig,  the  Castilian,  Captain  David  Brainier,  who  reported 
chasing  the  Avon's  assailant  at  about  lip.  m.  on  September  1, 
1814.  The  difference  in  time  reported  by  Brainier  is  negligible. 
The  Avon  made  repeated  signals  of  distress,  and  (11.55)  Captain 
Brainier  was  informed  by  Captain  Arbuthnot  that  the  Avon  was 
sinking.  At  1  a.  m.,  on  the  2d,  just  as  the  last  boat  from  the 
Castilian  had  pushed  off  from  the  Avon,  the  British  brig  went 
down. 

The  Wasp  never  returned  to  port.  After  capturing  three  mer 
chantmen,  Blakeley  sent  one  of  them,  the  Aialanta,  with  his  official 
reports,  to  Savannah,  in  charge  of  Midshipman  David  Geisinger. 
The  Atalanta  bore  the  last  intelligence  ever  received  from  the 
Wasp,  which  was  lost  at  sea. 


85 


CASE  NUMBER  20 


CASE  NUMBER  19 


86 


CASE  NUMBER  19 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  19,  ABOVE 

The  first  U.  S.  ensign  hoisted  in  Japan.  Used  by  Commodore 
Matthew  Calbraith  Perry,  at  his  interview  with  the  Imperial 
commissioners,  Toda,  Prince  of  Idzu,  and  Ido,  Prince  of  Iwami,  at 
Uraga,  near  Yokohama,  July  14,  1853,  when  a  letter  from  Presi 
dent  Fillmore  was  delivered  in  state.  On  March  31,  1854,  Com 
modore  Perry  signed,  at  Yokohama,  a  provisional  treaty,  by  which 
the  ports  of  Hakodate  and  Simoda  were  later  opened  to  American 
commerce. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  81,  BELOW,  ON  THE  LEFT 

The  flag  of  the  Saginaw's  gig.  The  U.  S.  steamer  Saginaw, 
Lieutenant  Commander  Montgomery  Sicard,  was  Wrecked  on 
Ocean  Island,  about  50  miles  west  of  the  Midway  Islands,  Pacific 
Ocean,  on  October  29,  1870.  Lieutenant  John  Gunnel  Talbot 
volunteered  to  take  the  gig  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  a  sailing 
voyage  of  1500  miles,  to  obtain  relief.  He  took  with  him  four 
volunteers,  Coxwain  William  Halford,  Quartermaster  Peter  Fran 
cis,  Seaman  John  Andrews,  and  Seaman  -James  Muir.  The  gig 
left  Ocean  Island,  November  18,  1870,  and  reached  the  Island  of 
Kauai,  December  19,  1870.  Halford  was  the  sole  survivor.  His 
message  enabled  the  Royal  Hawaiian  steamer  Kilauea  to  rescue 
the  officers  and  crew  of  the  Saginaw,  January  3,  1871.  The  sextant 
used  in  navigating  the  gig  was  designed,  and  constructed  from 
fragments  of  the  wreck,  on  Ocean  Island,  by  2d  Assistant  Engineer 
Herschel  Main.  It  is  preserved  at  the  Department  of  Marine 
Engineering,  Naval  Academy.  The  gig  is  preserved  at  the  De 
partment  of  Seamanship. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  83,  BELOW,  ON  THE  RIGHT 

Ensign  of  the  U.  S.  ironclad  ship  New  Ironsides.  Named 
in  honor  of  Old  Ironsides  (frigate  Constitution).  The  New  Iron 
sides  was  considered  the  most  powerful  vessel  in  the  Union  Navy 
during  the  Civil  War.  This  ensign  was  hoisted  on  the  New 
Ironsides,  Commodore  Stephen  Clegg  Rowan,  during  a  duel  with 
Fort  Moultrie,  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  September  8,  1863.  A 
new  flag,  it  was  used  only  on  that  day,  and,  being  torn  by  shell  frag 
ments,  was  thereafter  preserved  by  Commodore  Rowan  and  his  de 
scendants.  On  the  night  of  September  7,  the  monitor  Weehawken, 
Captain  John  Rodgers,  ran  aground  near  Morris  Island.  At  day 
break  she  was  exposed  to  a  heavy  fire  from  the  forts.  While  the 
monitors  of  the  squadron  engaged  other  batteries,  Commodore 
Rowan  placed  the  New  Ironsides  between  the  Weehawken  and 
Fort  Moultrie,  silencing  the  Confederate  guns  after  a  duel  of 
three  hours.  The  Weehawken  floated  with  high  tide  at  4  p.  m. 

CASE  NUMBER  20 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  95,  BELOW 

Flag  flown  at  the  main  of  the  Spanish  cruiser  Don  Antonio  de 
Ulloa,  Captain  Enrique  Robiou,  when,  refusing  to  surrender,  the 
UHoa  sank  with  her  guns  still  blazing  defiance,  and  all  flags  flying, 
at  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898. 

87 


CASE  NUMBER  21 


88 


CASE  NUMBER  21 
NUMBER  22,  ON  THE  LEFT 

Ensign  of  the  Confederate  States  ram  Albe- 
marle,  Lieutenant  Alexander  F.  Warley.  Sunk 
with  a  spar  torpedo  handled  from:'a  picket  launch 
by  Lieutenant  William  Barker  Cushing,  at  Plym 
outh,  Roanoke  River,  North  Carolina,  on  the 
night  of  October  27,  1864. 

This  ensign  was  taken  shortly  afterward,  at  the 
capture  of  Plymouth. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  13,  ON  THE  RIGHT 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  sloop-of-war 
Kearsarge,  Captain  John  Ancrum  Winslow. 
Hoisted  at  the  main  during  the  action  between  the 
Kearsarge  and  the  Confederate  States  commerce- 
destroying  cruiser  Alabama,  Captain  Raphael 
Semmes,  off  Cherbourg,  France,  June  19,  1864. 


89 


CASE  NUMBER  22 


90 


CASE  NUMBER  22 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  16 

STANDARD  OF  KOREAN  GENERALISSIMO 

The  characters  Eifl  mean  "  Generalissimo  "  or  "  commander-in- 
chief,"  and  are  similar  in  form  to  the  Chinese  characters  having  the 
same  use. 

Captured  under  fire  from  the  main  redoubt,  "  Fort  McKee,"  of 
the  Korean  forts  at  Kang  Hoa,  on  the  Salee  or  Han  River,  north  of 
Chemulpo  and  west  of  Seoul,  by  Private  Hugh  Purvi^,  Private 
Brown,  and  Captain  McLane  Tilton,  of  the  detachment  of  marines 
under  Captain  Tilton,  in  the  landing  force  under  Commander 
Lewis  Ashfield  Kimberly,  from  the  squadron  under  Rear-Admiral 
John  Rodgers,  June  11,  1871. 

Rear-Admiral  Rodgers'  squadron  escorted  the  American  min 
ister  to  China,  Mr.  Frederick  Ferdinand  Low,  on  a  diplomatic 
mission  to  Korea.  During  the  negotiations  the  squadron  lay  at 
Boisee  anchorage.  On  June  1,  by  permission  of  the  Korean 
authorities  at  Seoul,  the  U.  S.  S.  Monocacy,  Commander  Edward 
Price  McCrea,  was  sent  up  the  river  to  make  surveys.  Without 
warning,  two  launches  engaged  in  charting  were  fired  on  by  the 
forts  at  Kang  Hoa.  Two  seamen  were  wounded.  The  Monocacy 
silenced  the  forts  and  returned  to  Boisee.  Rear-Admiral  Rod 
gers,  after  consulting  with  Minister  Low,  informed  the  Koreans 
that  they  would  be  given  ten  days  in  which  to  make  an  explanation. 
They  refused  to  recognize  the  demand.  On  June  10  the  landing 
force  of  536  seamen  and  105  marines,  with  7  howitzers,  destroyed 
the  lower  forts  and  encamped  for  further  operations.  On  the  llth, 
covered  by  the  U.  S.  S.  Polos,  Lieutenant  Charles  H.  Rockwell,  the 
landing  force  stormed  the  main  redoubt,  charging  up  a  steep  hill 
and  scaling  the  walls.  Lieutenant  Hugh  Wilson  McKee,  the  first 
to  enter  the  fort,  was  mortally  wounded.  His  assailant  was  shot 
down  by  Lieutenant  Commander  Winfield  Scott  Schley.  The 
Koreans  expected  no  quarter  and  gave  none,  the  fort  being  cap 
tured  only  when  the  last  defender  was  killed.  In  dismantling  the 
five  forts,  the  landing  force  captured  or  destroyed  481  pieces  of 
ordnance  and  150  flags,  many  of  which  are  in  this  collection.  The 
operations  were  directed  by  Commander  Homer  C.  Blake,  U.  S.  S. 
Alaska.  In  February,  1871,  Mr.  Low  negotiated  a  treaty  with 
Korea  by  which  the  United  States  acquired  certain  commercial 
rights  and  the  Korean  government  agreed  to  safeguard  the  lives 
and  property  of  shipwrecked  American  sailors. 

91 


CASE  NUMBER  23 


92 


CASE  NUMBER  23 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  171 

Jack  of  the  British  ship  Detroit,  flagship  of 
Commodore  Robert  Heriot  Barclay.  Captured 
by  the  squadron  under  Master  Commandant 
Oliver  Hazard  Perry  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie, 
September  10,  1813. 


93 


CASE  NUMBER  24 


94 


CASE  NUMBER  24 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  170 

Ensign  of  the  French  corvette  le  Berceau, 
Captain  Louis  Andre  Senes.  Captured  by  the 
United  States  ship  Boston,  Captain  George  Little. 
Action  fought  in  latitude  22°  50'  north  ;  longitude 
51°  west,  northeast  of  Guadeloupe,  West  Indies, 
October  12,  1800. 


95 


CASE  NUMBER  25 


96 


CASE  NUMBER  25 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  28 

Ensign  of  the  British  sloop  Chub,  Lieutenant 
James  McGhie.  Captured  by  the  squadron  under 
Master  Commandant  Thomas  Macdonough  at  the 
battle  of  Lake  Champlain,  September  11,  1814. 


97 


CASE  NUMBER  26 


98 


CASE  NUMBER  26 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  9 

Admiral's  flag.  Flown  by  Admiral  David  Glas 
gow  Farragut  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Tallapoosa,  his  last 
command,  1870. 


99 


CASE  NUMBER  27 


100 


CASE  NUMBER  2? 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  65'* 


Mexican  ensign.  Captured  at  Monterey,  California,  by  a  land 
ing  force  of  250  seamen  and  marines,  commanded  by  Captain 
William  Mervine,  from  the  Savannah,  the  Warren,  the  Cyane  and 
the  Levant,  Commodore  John  Drake  Sloat,  July  7,  1846. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  20 

Mexican  ensign.  Marked  "  San  Juan."  History  obsj?ure.  Taken, 
probably,  from  the  fortress  of  "  San  Juan  de  Ulloa,"  the  citadel  of 
Vera  Cruz,  Mexico,  when  the  city  surrendered  to  the  forces  of 
General  Winfield  Scott  and  the  squadron  under  Commodore  Mat 
thew  Calbraith  Perry,  March  28,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  7 

Mexican  ensign.  Captured  at  Tuxpan,  General  Perfecto  de 
Cos,  by  a  landing  force  under  Captain  Samuel  Livingston  Breese, 
from  the  Gulf  Squadron,  Commodore  Matthew  Calbraith  Perry, 
April  18,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  51 

Mexican  ensign.  Captured  at  Mazatlan,  Colonel  Rafael  Telles, 
by  a  landing  force  from  the  Independence,  the  Congress  and  the 
Cyane,  Commodore  William  Branford  Shubrick,  November  11, 
1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  152 

Korean  flag.  Captured  by  Landsman  Mark  Harris,  U.  S.  S. 
Colorado.  The  characters  mean  "  inspection  "  and  to  "  tour." 
This  is  probably  the  standard  of  an  official  sent  on  a  tour  of 
inspection. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  61 

Mexican  cavalry  guidon.  "  Escuadron  activo  de  Vera  Cruz  " 
(Yera  Cruz  Squadron-of-the-Line).  Captured,  probably,  by  the 
naval  force  from  the  squadron  under  Commodore  Matthew  Cal 
braith  Perry,  during  the  investment  of  Yera  Cruz,  or  at  its  sur 
render,  March  28,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  62 

Mexicon  cavalry  guidon.  "  Escuadron  Activo  de  Jalapa  "  (Ja- 
lapa  Squadron-of-the-Line).  Captured,  probably,  by  the  naval 
force  from  the  squadron  under  Commodore  Matthew  Calbraith 
Perry,  during  the  investment  of  Yera  Cruz,  or  at  its  surrender, 
March  28,  1847. 


101 


ml 

Tf 


CASE  NUMBER  28 


102 


CASE  NUMBER  28 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  143 

Jack  of  the  Spanish  gunboat  Don  Jorge  Juan,  captured  by  the 
United  States  gunboat  Annapolis,  Commander  John  Jacob  Hun 
ker,  at  the  capture  of  Nipe  Bay,  Cuba,  July  1,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  93 

Spanish  ensign  with  blue  letters  L  M,  which  may  stand  for 
"LigaMaritima,"  or  Maritime  League.  Dewey  collection.  "Taken 
from  vessels  and  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  91 

Captain's  pennant  from  the  Spanish  cruiser  Don  Juan  de  Aus 
tria,  Captain  Juan  de  la  Concha,  captured  by  the  squarfron  under 
Commodore  George  Dewey  at  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  110 

Flag  of  insurgent  Filipinos.  Captured  at  Fort  Iloilo  by  a  land 
ing  force  under  Lieutenant  Albert  Parker  Niblack,  from  the 
U.  S.  S.  Boston,  Captain  George  Francis  Faxon  Wilde,  and  the 
U.  S.  S.  Petrel,  Commander  Charles  Carpenter  Cornwell,  February 
11,  1899. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  118 

Flag  of  capitan  de  navio  (captain,  junior  grade),  command 
ing  division,  Spanish  Navy.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
vessels  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  120 

Spanish  merchant  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  90 

Spanish  flag.  Silk.  Unusual  armorial.  Taken  by  the  United 
States  cruiser  Charleston,  Captain  Henry  Glass,  at  the  surrender 
of  Guam,  Mariana  Islands,  Governor  Juan  Marina,  June  21,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  117 

Spanish  captain's  pennant.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
vessels  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  172 

Surrender  flag  of  Cavite,  Manila  Bay.  A  sheet,  hoisted  May  1, 
1898,  about  mid-day,  after  negotiations  following  the  battle  of 
Manila  Bay.  Presumably  from  the  household  of  a  Spanish  officer. 
Bears  the  monogram  E  S  or  S  E. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  135 

Small  Spanish  naval  ensign,  "  bandera  de  popa,"  or  stern  flag. 
Captured  at  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  97 

Flag  of  capitan  de  navio,  la  clase  (captain,  senior  grade), 
commanding  division,  Spanish  Navy.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken 
from  vessels  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

103 


CASE  NUMBER  29 


104 


=  Purity  H^E  Charity  H=  Courage          =  =  Reverence 

s-=  Love  ^^  Benevolence          =  Honesty          =  Esteem 

CASE  NUMBER  29 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  162 

Korean  flag.  Pennant  attached.  Captured  by  Seaman  Frank  McGregor, 
U.  S.  S.  Colorado,  June  11,  1871.  All  the  Korean  flags  in  this  collection  were 
captured  on  this  day,  at  the  punitive  attack  on  the  forts  at  Kang  Hoa,  Salee 
River,  near  Boisee  Anchorage,  Korea,  by  a  landing  force  under  Commander 
Lewis  Ashfield  Kimberly,  from  the  squadron  under  Rear-Admiral  John 
Rodgers. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  148 

Korean  flag.  The  seal,  or  device,  in  blue,  and  the  bird  symboL  represent 
"  fire,"  one  of  the  "  five  elements  of  creation."  Captured  by  Private  Cannon, 
Marine,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  163 
Korean  flag.     See  list  of  Captors  Unassigned,  below. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  160 

Korean  bannerette.  Significance  of  the  design  not  known.  Captured  by 
Ordinary  Seaman  Thomas  Woods,  U.  S.  S.  Alaska. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  159 
Korean  flag.    Significance  of  the  horseman  device  not  known. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  157 

Korean  bannerette.  The  eight  national  symbols  of  Korea  are  translated 
above.  Captured  by  Ordinary  Seaman  Michael  Thomas,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  147 

Korean  flag.  The  seal,  or  device,  in  red,  and  the  dragon-fly  symbol,  repre 
sent  "  earth,"  one  of  the  "  five  elements  of  creation."  Captured  by  Private 
Halpin,  marine,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  44 

Korean  bannerette.  Captured  by  Ordinary  Seaman  Edward  Heintze, 
U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  34 
Korean  flag.    Captured  by  Seaman  John  Antoski,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  10 

Chinese  pirate  flag.  Bears  in  the  center  the  Korean  national  symbol,  the 
Yang  Ying,  defaced  by  dots.  The  border  is  a  geometrical  arrangement  of 
the  eight  symbols  shown  on  Numbers  157  and  44,  indicating  possibly  that  the 
pirates  were  Koreans.  Captured  from  a  pirate  battery  at  Coula,  on  the 
Island  of  Tylo,  or  Tai-Lo,  eleven  miles  southeast  of  Macao,  China,  Novem 
ber  13,  1854.  The  U.  S.  S.  Macedonian,  Captain  Joel  Abbot,  acting  in  concert 
with  a  force  from  the  British  fleet,  sent  her  pinnace  to  aid  in  the  destruction 
of  the  pirate  settlement.  The  chartered  steamer  Queen,  Lieutenant  George 
Henry  Preble,  landed  the  pinnace,  in  charge  of  Acting  Master  John  Glendy 
Sproston.  During  the  destruction  of  the  settlement,  Sproston's  men  cap 
tured  this  flag. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  11 

Korean  flag.  Captured  by  Ordinary  Seaman  Thomas  Woods,  U.  S.  S. 
Colorado. 

Captors  of  Korean  flags  unassigned  (Cases  27,  29,  30).  Seaman  James 
Corcoran,  Landsman  C.  S.  Williams,  Landsman  Charles  Johnson  and 

• Donlan. 

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CASE  NUMBER  30 


106 


CASE  NUMBER  30 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  161 

Korean  guidon.  Characters  read  :  "  Flag  of  captain  of  1st  company,  rear 
battalion,  1st  regiment."  Captured,  as  were  all  the  Korean  flags  in  this  col 
lection,  at  the  punitive  attack  on  the  forts  at  Kang  Hoa,  on  the  Salee  or  Han 
River,  near  Boisee  Anchorage,  by  a  landing  force  under  Commander  Lewis 
Ashfield  Kimberly,  disembarked  from  the  squadron  under  Rear-Admiral 
John  Rodgers,  June  10-11,  1871.  Captured  by  Private  McGranville,  Marine, 
U.  S.  S.  Colorado. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  155 

Korean  flag.  The  seal,  or  device,  in  white,  and  the  turtle  symbol,  represent 
"  water,"  one  of  the  "  five  elements  of  creation."  Captured  by  Private  of 
Marines  John  Davis,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado,  June  11,  1871. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  154  ^ 

Korean  guidon.  Characters  read :  "  Flag  of  captain  of  2d  company,  rear 
battalion,  1st  regiment." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  166 

Korean  flag.  Half  torn  away.  Apparently  similar  in  design  to  Number 
155.  Captured  by  Corporal  Jno.  McDevitt,  Marine,  U.  S.  S.  Alaska. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  167 

Korean  guidon.    "  Swallowtail." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  46 

Korean  flag.  The  seal,  or  device,  in  red,  and  the  dragon-fly  symbol,  repre 
sent  "  earth,"  one  of  the  "five  elements  of  creation."  Captured  by  Private 
of  Marines  Lyons,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado,  June  11,  1871. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  18 

Korean  bannerette.  The  eight  national  symbols  of  Korea  read,  from 
bottom  to  top :  "  Esteem,  Reverence,  Honesty,  Courage,  Benevolence, 
Charity,  Love,  Purity."  Captured  by  Seaman  Jno.  Shoemaker,  U.  S.  S. 
Colorado,  June  11,  1871.  The  staff  belongs  to  Number  150. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  150 

Korean  flag.  The  seal,  or  device,  in  black,  and  the  dragon  symbol,  repre 
sent  "  wood,"  one  of  the  "  five  elements  of  creation."  Captured  by  A.  Mor 
ris,  captain  of  the  mizzen  top,  U.  S.  S.  Colorado,  June  11,  1871. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  158 

Korean  bannerette.  Symbols  same  as  on  Number  18.  Captured  by  Lands 
man  M.  Anderson,  U.  S.  S.  Benicia. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  151 
Korean  guidon  (Back  of  case). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  156 
Korean  guidon  (Back  of  case). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  149 
Korean  flag.  Brocade  silk. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  165 

Korean  flag.     Captured  by  M.  Tate,  U.  S.   S.  Benicia.     Upper  row  of 
characters    mean    "  sunk,"    "  ditch,"    "  military    corps " ;    right-hand    row, 
"  brigand    capturing,"    "  corps  " ;    left-hand    row,    "  lance    corporal "    and 
— ,"  a  proper  name  (  ?). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  164 

Korean  flag.  The  Korean  character  means  (1)  "gold,"  (2)  "metal,"  (3) 
used  as  a  surname.  Probably  the  name  of  an  officer  on  his  standard. 

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100 


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CASE  NUMBER  31 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  102 

Spanish  boat  flag.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels 
after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  121 

Boat  flag  of  Governor  General  of  the  Philippines.  Dewey  col 
lection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  88 

Spanish  flag.  Taken  at  Guam,  Mariana  Islands,  when  the  colony 
was  surrendered  by  Governor  Juan  Marina  to  the  U.  S.  ^.Charles 
ton,  Captain  Henry  Glass,  June  21,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  100 

Spanish  ensign.  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal,  Manila.  Dewey 
collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May 
1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  85 

Flag  of  Captain  General,  Spanish  Army.  Dewey  collection. 
"  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May 
1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  136 

Ensign  of  the  Spanish  armed  transport  Cebn.  Captured  at 
Manila,  August,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  139 

Flag  of  capitan  de  navio  (captain,  junior  grade),  commanding 
division.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after  battle 
of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  141 

Flag  of  capitan  de  fragata  (commander),  commanding  divi 
sion.  Dewey  collection.  ''  Taken  from  vessels  after  battle  of 
Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  124 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after 
the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  87 

Official  flag  of  Guam,  Mariana  Islands.  Taken  at  the  surrender 
of  Guam  by  the  U.  S.  S.  Charleston,  Captain  Henry  Glass,  June  21, 
1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  140 

Spanish  rear-admiral's  boat  flag.  Dewey  collection.  Taken 
from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  123 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  '  Taken  from  vessels  after 
the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

109 
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CASE  NUMBER  32 


110 


CASE  NUMBER  32 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  57 

Broad  pennant  of  Commodore  of  the  White, 
United  States  Navy,  1776,  1860  (a  replica). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  17 
History  unknown. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  56 

Broad  pennant  of  Commodore  of  the  Red, 
United  States  Navy,  1776,  1860  (a  replica). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  49 
Replica  of  Continental  flag,  period,  1775-1777. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  48 

Replica  of  Continental  flag,  period,  1775-1777. 
The  design  of  the  flag  used  by  the  American 
troops  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 


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CASE  NUMBER  33 


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CASE  NUMBER  33 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER   107,  ON  THE  LEFT 
Flag  of  Rear  Admiral,  Spanish  Navy.     Dewey 
collection.    "  Taken  from  vessels  after  the  battle 
of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  137,  BACK,  CENTER 
Battle  flag  of  the  Spanish  cruiser  Cristobal 
Colon,  Captain  Jose  Maria  de  Paredes.  Captured 
by  the  squadron  under  Rear  Admiral  William 
Thomas  Sampson  at  the  battle  off  Santiago  de 
Cuba,  July  3,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  134,  ON  THE  RIGHT 
Flag  of  Rear  Admiral,  Spanish  Navy.  Taken 
from  the  cruiser  Cristobal  Colon,  Captain  Jose 
Maria  de  Paredes,  after  the  battle  of  Santiago 
de  Cuba  by  men  from  the  United  States  battle 
ship  Oregon,  Captain  Charles  Edgar  Clark,  July 
3,  1898.  l 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  99,  LEFT-HAND  EASEL 
Spanish  ensign.     Dewey  collection.     "  Taken 
from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  105,  CENTRAL  EASEL 
Spanish     ensign     "  bandera     tope    trinquete " 
(ensign  hoisted  at  the  fore  topmast).    Dewey  col 
lection.     "  Taken  from  vessels  after  the  battle  of 
Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  145,  RIGHT-HAND  EASEL 

Spanish  ensign,  with  blue  letters  R  H,  which 
stand  for  "  Resguarda  de  Hacienda"  (Customs 
Service,  Philippine  Islands).  Dewey  collection. 
"  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal  after  battle  of 
Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 


113 


CASE  NUMBER  34 


114 


CASE  NUMBER  34 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER   132,  ox  THE  LEFT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken 
from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  113,  BACK,  CENTER 

Official  flag  of  Manila.  Hauled  down  by  Flag- 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Mason  Brumby  and  Signal 
Boys  Stanton  and  Ferguson,  of  the  flagship 
Olympia,  August  13,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  98,  ON  THE  RIGHT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  '  Taken 
from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  109,  LEFT-HAND  EASEL 

Pennant  of  capitan  de  navio,  first  class  (cap 
tain,  senior  grade),  commanding  division,  Span 
ish  Navy.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER   114,  CENTRAL  EASEL 

Flag  of  Rear  Admiral  Patricio  Montojo,  com 
manding  the  Spanish  Asiatic  Squadron.  Flown 
on  his  flagship,  the  cruiser  Reina  Cristina,  Cap 
tain  Luis  Cadarso.  Captured  by  the  squadron 
under  Commodore  George  Dewey  at  the  battle  of 
Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  103,  RIGHT-HAND  EASEL 

Spanish  merchant  flag.  Dewey  collection. 
'  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal,  May  1,  1898." 


115 


CASE  NUMBER  35 


116 


CASE  NUMBER  35 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  92,  ON  THE  LEFT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken 
from  Cavite  arsenal,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER   125,  CENTER 

Ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser  Don  Antonio  dc 
Ulloa,  Captain  Enrique  Robiou.  The  last  flag 
flown  by  the  Spanish  squadron  at  the  battle  of 
Manila  Bay.  Hauled  down  by  Lieutenant  Charles 
Peshall  Plunkett,  at  5  p.  m.,  May  1,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  96,  ON  THE  RIGHT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken 
from  vessels  after  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE   NUMBER   112,  LEFT-HAND  EASEL 

Flag  of  Spanish  Governor  General.  Dewey  col 
lection.  'Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE   NUMBER   130,  CENTRAL  EASEL 

Ensign  of  the  Spanish  destroyer  Furor,  Lieu 
tenant  Diego  Carlier.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  converted  yacht  Gloucester,  Lieutenant 
Commander  Richard  Wainwright.  The  Glouces 
ter  destroyed  the  Furor  and  the  Pluton  at  the 
battle  off  Santiago  de  Cuba,  July  3,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  111,  RIGHT-HAND  EASEL 

Flag  of  Spanish  Governor  General.  Dewey 
collection.  "  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal,  May  1, 
1898." 


117 


CASE  NUMBER  36 


118 


CASE  NUMBER  36 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  126,  LEFT  SIDE 

Flag  of  Spanish  captain  general  (army).  Dewey  collection. 
"  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1, 
1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  94,  BACK,  LEFT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after 
the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  142,  BACK,  CENTER, 
Battle  flag  of  the  Spanish  gunboat  Don  Jorge  Juan,  captured 
by  the  L'nited  States  gunboat  Annapolis,  Commander  John  Jacob 
Hunker,  at  the  capture  of  Nipe  Bay,  Cuba,  July  21,  1898.  The 
Topeka,  Lieutenant  Commander  William  Sheffield  Cowles ;  the 
Wasp,  Lieutenant  Aaron  Ward ;  and  the  Leyden,  Ensign  Walter 
Selwyn  Crosley,  took  part  in  the  action. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  104,  BACK,  RIGHT 

Spanish  naval  ensign,  taken  from  Corregidor  Island,  Manila 
Bay,  by  Lieutenant  Commander  George  Partridge  Colvocoresses, 
May  3,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  127,  RIGHT  SIDE 

Flag  of  Spanish  captain  general  (army).  Dewey  collection. 
''  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May 
1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  133,  LEFT-HAND  EASEL 
The  first  Spanish  flag  hauled  down  in  Porto  Rico  by  United 
States  forces.  Captured  at  Guanica,  July  25,  1898.  The  United 
States  converted  yacht  Gloucester,  Lieutenant  Commander  Rich 
ard  Wainwright,  landed  a  force  of  28  seamen,  under  the  command 
of  Lieutenant  Harry  McLaren  Pinkney  Huse.  Guanica  was  taken 
and  held  until  relieved  by  the  landing  of  army  forces. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  84,  CENTRAL  EASEL 
Flag  of  Spanish  Governor  General.    Dewey  collection.    "  Taken 
after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  128,  RIGHT-HAND  EASEL 
Spanish  ensign.    Dewey  collection.    "  Taken  from  vessels  after 
the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

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CASE  NUMBER  37 


120 


CASE  NUMBER  37 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  89,  LEFT  SIDE 

Spanish  flag  taken  by  the  United  States  cruiser  Charleston, 
Captain  Henry  Glass,  at  the  surrender  of  Guam,  Mariana  Islands, 
Governor  Juan  Marina,  June  21,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  106,  BACK,  LEFT 

Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from  vessels  after 
the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

y 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  129,  BACK,  CENTER 

Ensign  of  the  Spanish  armed  steamer  Santo  Domingo.  Cap 
tured  by  the  United  States  auxiliary  cruiser  Eagle,  Lieutenant 
William  Henry  Hudson  Southerland,  off  Piedras  Point,  west  of 
the  Isle  of  Pines,  on  the  southwest  coast  of  Cuba,  July  12,  1898. 
The  letters  C  M  stand  for  "  correo  maritimo  "  (mail  steamer). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  122,  BACK,  RIGHT 

Unfinished  Spanish  ensign.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  144,  RIGHT  SIDE 

Spanish  flag  hauled  down  from  the  palace  of  Governor  Juan 
Marina,  at  the  surrender  of  Guam,  Mariana  Islands,  June  21,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  86,  LEFT  EASEL 

Small  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser  Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa, 
Captain  Enrique  Robiou.  Taken  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay, 
May  1,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  108,  CENTRAL  EASEL 
Flag  of  brigadier  general,  Spanish  Army.     Dewey  collection. 
"  Taken  from  Cavite  arsenal  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May 
1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  101,  RIGHT  EASEL,  LEFT  SIDE 
Broad  pennant  of  capitan  de  fragata  (commander)  command 
ing  division.     Dewey  collection.     ''  Taken  from  vessels  after  the 
battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  115,  RIGHT  EASEL,  RIGHT  SIDE 
Pennant  of   senior  officer,   Spanish  Navy.     Dewey  collection. 
"  Taken  from  vessels  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

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CASE  NUMBER  38 


122 


CASE  NUMBER  38.     BANCROFT  HALL 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  29,  ON  THE  LEFT 

Pennant  of  the  Algerine  brig  Estcdio.  Captured  by  the  United 
States  brigs  Epervicr  and  Spark  and  the  schooners  Torch  and 
Spitfire  of  the  squadron  under  Commodore  Stephen  Decatur. 
Action  fought  off  Cape  Palos,  near  Albufera,  Algiers,  June  19, 
1815. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  173 

Boat  flag  and  staff  (inscribed)  from  the  United  States  sloop-of- 
war  Vandalia.  Wrecked  in  a  hurricane  in  the  harbor  of  Apia, 
Samoa,  March  16,  1889  (see  Number  72,  Case  40). 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  21,  UPPER  RIGHT-HAND  CORNER 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  steamer  Spitfire.  The  Spitfire,  under 
Commander  Josiah  Tattnall,  took  part  in  the  attacks  on  Tampico, 
Mexico,  November  14,  1846,  and  on  Panuco,  Mexico,  November 
19,  1846,  in  the  squadron  under  Captain  David  Conner.  On  March 
10,  1847,  Tattnall  played  a  brilliant  part  in  the  bombardment  of 
Vera  Cruz,  closing  in  at  a  range  of  less  than  a  mile  to  discover  the 
position  of  the  Mexican  guns.  On  March  23,  1847,  with  the  Spit 
fire  and  the  Vixen,  Tattnall  steamed  within  grapeshot  of  Bastion 
San  lago,  Point  Honorios,  Vera  Cruz,  and  maintained  a  heavy  fire 
for  an  hour.  On  April  18,  1847,  Captain  Matthew  Calbraith  Perry, 
in  the  Spitfire,  led  the  attack  on  Tuxpan,  Mexico.  Under  Lieu 
tenant  Samuel  Phillips  Lee,  the  Spitfire  took  part  in  the  second 
expedition  against  Tobasco,  Mexico,  June  30,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  59,  ON  THE  RIGHT 

Jack  of  the  Confederate  States  ram  Atlanta  (formerly  the  iron 
merchant  steamer  Fingal),  Captain  William  A.  Webb.  Captured 
by  the  United  States  monitor  Wechawkcn,  Captain  John  Rodgers. 
Action  fought  in  Warsaw  Sound,  Georgia,  June  17,  1863.  The 
Atlanta  ran  aground  shortly  after  opening  fire.  The  Weehazvken 
approached  within  300  yards  and  forced  the  surrender.  Five 
shots  were  fired  by  the  Weehawken,  four  striking  and  three  pene 
trating  the  ram's  armor.  The  Atlanta  was  taken  into  the  service 
and  remained  in  the  North  Atlantic  Squadron  until  the  close  of  the 
Civil  War.  Captain  Rodgers  received  the  thanks  of  Congress, 
December  23,  1863,  and  was  promoted  to  commodore  with  rank 
from  the  date  of  the  capture  of  the  Atlanta. 

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CASE  NUMBER  39 


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CASE  NUMBER  39.     BANCROFT  HALL 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  169 

Jack  of  the  United  States  brig  Truxtun,  Commander  Henry 
Bruce.  The  Truxtun  grounded  during  the  attack  on  Tuxpan, 
Mexico,  by  the  squadron  under  Commodore  David  Conner,  August 
15,  1846.  The  guns  of  the  Truxtun  and  two  jacks  were  recovered 
when  Tuxpan,  under  General  Perfecto  de  Cos,  was  taken  by  a 
landing  force  under  Captain  Samuel  Livingston  Breese,  from  the 
Gulf  Squadron,  under  Commodore  Matthew  Calbraith  Perry, 
April  18,  1847. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  116  s 

Spanish  captain's  pennant.  Dewey  collection.  "  Taken  from 
vessels  after  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay,  May  1,  1898." 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  80 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  steamer  Ellis,  Lieutenant  William 
Barker  Cushing.  The  Ellis  entered  New  River  Inlet  and  landed  a 
force,  which  took  possession  of  Jacksonville,  North  Carolina, 
November  23,  1862.  Attacked  on  her  way  back,  she  ran  aground. 
After  a  desperate  resistance,  Cushing  set  fire  to  the  Ellis  and 
escaped  in  a  captured  schooner.  The  Ellis  blew  up  on  the  morning 
of  November  24,  1862.  Cushing  was  commended  for  his  gallantry 
by  Rear  Admiral  Samuel  Phillips  Lee. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  23 

Ensign  of  the  Confederate  States  gunboat  Ellis,  Lieutenant 
Commander  James  W.  Cooke.  Captured  by  the  United  States 
Steamer  Ceres,  Acting  Volunteer  Lieutenant  John  McDiarmid, 
during  the  capture  and  destruction  of  the  forts  and  gunboats  at 
Elizabeth  City,  North  Carolina,  by  Captain  Stephen  Clegg  Row 
an's  Division,  February  10,  1862. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  82 

Pennant  of  the  United  States  steamer  Thomas  Freeborn,  of  the 
First  Division,  Potomac  Flotilla.  The  Thomas  Freeborn,  under 
Commander  James  H.  Ward,  and  the  Monticello,  Captain  Fred 
erick  Engle,  engaged  the  Confederate  battery  at  Sewell's  Point, 
May  18-19,  1861.  With  the  Anacostia,  the  Resolute  and  the 
Pawnee,  she  attacked  a  Confederate  naval  battery  at  Aquia  Creek, 
Virginia,  driving  the  enemy  from  their  position,  May  31  and  June 
1,  1861.  With  the  Reliance,  she  landed  a  force  at  Mathias  Point, 
Virginia,  June  27,  1861.  The  attack  was  repulsed;  Commander 
Ward  met  his  death.  Under  Lieutenant  Commander  Samuel 
Magaw,  the  Thomas  Freeborn  silenced  the  enemy's  fire  at  Mobjack 
Bay,  Virginia,  April  29,  1862.  She  patrolled  the  Potomac  River 
during  the  war,  from  Alexandria  to  Wicomico  River,  Maryland, 
taking  part  in  various  operations,  the  most  important  being  the 
search  for  the  assassin  of  President  Lincoln. 

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CASE  NUMBER  40.     BANCROFT  HALL 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  72 

Ensign  of  the  United  States  sloop-of-war  Vandalia. 

The  Vandalia,  under  Commander  John  Pope,  was,  in  the  squad 
ron  which  made  the  expedition  to  Japan  under  Commodore  Mat 
thew  Calbraith  Perry.  She  was  with  the  squadron  during  1853- 
1854. 

Under  Commander  Francis  S.  Haggerty,  she  took  part  in  the 
capture  of  Port  Royal,  South  Carolina,  by  the  squadron  under 
Commodore  Samuel  Francis  Du  Pont,  November  7,  1861. 

On  March  15,  1889,  the  United  States  ships  Trenton,  Vandalia 
and  Nipsic,  the  British  ship  Calliope,  the  German  ships  Adler,  Olga 
and  Eber,  together  with  a  German  and  a  Danish  merchantman, 
were  anchored  in  the  harbor  of  Apia,  Samoa,  when  a  hurricane 
drove  ashore  or  sank  all  but  the  Calliope,  which  succeeded  in  get 
ting  to  sea.  At  1  p.  m.,  on  the  15th,  Captain  Cornelius  Marius 
Schoonmaker,  commanding  the  Vandalia,  sent  down  the  yards, 
housed  topmasts,  and  got  up  steam,  at  a  signal  from  the  flagship 
Trenton,  Rear  Admiral  Lewis  Ashfield  Kimberly.  About  mid 
night  the  Vandalia  began  to  drag  her  anchors.  In  spite  of  a  full 
head  of  steam,  she  struck  sternmost  on  the  lee  reef  at  10.45  a.  m., 
on  the  16th.  As  she  filled  and  settled,  the  Trenton,  Captain  Nor 
man  von  Heldreich  Farquhar,  drifted  alongside  and  rescued  many 
of  the  men  from  the  rigging.  The  Vandalia  was  totally  lost. 

Captain  Schoonmaker,  Paymaster  Frank  Hiram  Arms,  First 
Lieutenant  Francis  Eskridge  Sutton,  Marine  Corps,  and  Pay  Clerk 
John  Roche,  with  39  men,  were  lost  from  the  Vandalia.  At  the 
death  of  the  commanding  officer,  the  executive  officer,  Lieutenant 
James  William  Carlin,  took  command.  On  the  morning  of  the 
17th,  the  survivors  were  taken  ashore  in  boats  from  the  Trenton. 


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CASE  NUMBER  41 


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CASE  NUMBER  41.    BANCROFT  H£LL 
CATALOGUE  NUMBER  138 

Ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser  Cristobal  Colon, 
Captain  Jose  Maria  de  Paredes.  Taken  after  the 
battle  off  Santiago  de  Cuba  by  men  from  the 
United  States  battleship  Oregon,  Captain  Charles 
Edgar  Clark,  July  3,  1898. 

CATALOGUE  NUMBER  146 

Pennant  of  the  Spanish  armed  steamer  Santo 
Domingo.  Captured  by  the  United  States  auxil 
iary  cruiser  Eagle,  Lieutenant  William  Henry 
Hudson  Southerland,  July  12,  1898. 

The  Santo  Domingo,  while  attempting  to  run 
the  blockade,  was  chased  by  the  Eagle,  and  ran 
aground  off  Piedras  Point,  west  of  the  Isle  of 
Pines,  on  the  southwest  coast  of  Cuba.  She  was 
boarded  by  a  boat's  crew,  and  afterward,  being 
hard  aground,  was  burned. 


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INDEX 

TO 

CASE  INSCRIPTIONS  FROM   OFFICIAL  CATALOGUE   OF  THE 
TROPHY  FLAGS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  NAVY 

,T  *          Case  or  space 

Name  in  ceiling 

Albemarle,  ensign  of  the  Confederate  ram,  No.  22 Case      21 

Alert,  ensign  of  the  British  ship-sloop,  No.  55 Case      12 

Atlanta,  jack  of  the  Confederate  ram,  No.  59 Case      38 

"  Avon,"  British  jack  marked,  No.  2 Case      18 

Berceau,  le,  ensign  of  the  French  ship,  No.  170 Case      24 

"  Beresford,"  British  ensign  marked,  No.  38 Case        5 

Boxer,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  36 Case        4 

British  Royal  Standard,  No.  14 Ceiling  14 

Capitan  de  f ragata,  commanding  division,  Spanish  flag  of,  No.  101 .  Case  37 
Capitan  de  navio,  first  class,  commanding  division,  flag  of,  No.  97 . .  Case  28 
Capitan  de  navio,  junior  grade,  commanding  division,  flag  of,  No. 

118 Case      28 

Captain-General,  Spanish  army,  flag  of,  No.  85 Case      31 

Captain's  pennant  from  the  Don  Juan  de  Austria,  No.  91 Case      28 

Captain's  pennant,  Spanish  navy,  No.  116 Case      39 

Cavite  Arsenal,  Spanish  ensign  taken  from,  No.  92 Case      35 

Cavite,  surrender  flag  of,  a  sheet,  No.  172 Case      28 

Cebu,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  armed  transport,  No.  136 Case      31 

Chinese,  Boxer  flag,  artillery,  No.  35 Case      15 

Chinese  pirate  flag,  No.  10 Case      29 

Chippewa,  ensign  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  42 Case      11 

Chippewa,  2  pennants  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  40 Ceiling  40 

Chub,  ensign  of  the  British  sloop,  No.  28 Case      25 

Colonial  flag,  replica  of,  No.  48 Case      32 

Colonial  flag,  replica  of,  No.  49 Case      32 

Commodore's  pennant,  1776-1860,  replica,  No.  56 Case      32 

Commodore's  pennant,  1776-1860,  replica,  No.  57 Case      32 

Confiance,  ensign  of  the  British  ship,  No.  24 Ceiling  24 

Corregidor  Island,  Spanish  ensign  taken  from,  No.  104 Case      36 

Cristobal  Colon,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser,  No.  137 Case      33 

Cristobal  Colon,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser.  No.  138 Case      41 

Cyane,  ensign  of  the  British  ship,  No.  1 Ceiling    1 

Cyane,  jack  of  the  British  ship,  No.  64 Case        3 

Detroit,  ensign  of  the  British  ship,  No.  50 Ceiling  50 

Detroit,  jack  of  the  British  ship,  No.  171 Case      23 

Detroit,  pennant  of  the  British  ship,  No.  52 Ceiling  52 

Dominica,  jack  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  33 Case        8 

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Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser,  No.  86 Case      37 

Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser,  No.  95 Case      20 

Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  cruiser,  No.  125 Case      35 

Don  Juan  de  Austria,  captain's  pennant  from  the  Spanish  cruiser, 

No.  91   Case      28 

Don  Jorge  Juan,  battle  flag  of  the  Spanish  gunboat,  No.  142 Case      36 

Don  Jorge  Juan,  jack  of  the  Spanish  gunboat,  No.  143 Case      28 

Duke  of  Gloucester,  jack  of  the  British  brig,  No.  70 Ceiling  70 

Ellis,  ensign  of  the  Confederate  gunboat,  No.  23 Case      39 

Ellis,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  80 Case      39 

Epervier,  jack  of  the  British  brig,  No.  67 Case        8 

Estedio,  ensign  of  the  Algerine  brig,  No.  71 Ceiling  71 

Estedio,  pennant  of  the  Algerine  brig,  No.  29 Case      38 

Farragut's  admiral's  flag,  No.  9 Case      26 

Filipino  Insurgent  flag,  No.  110 Case      28 

Freeborn,  pennant  of  the  U.  S.  S.  Thomas,  No.  82 Case      39 

Frolic,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  54 Ceiling  54 

Furor,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  destroyer,  No.  130 Case      35 

General  of  Brigade,  Spanish  flag  of,  No.  108 Case      37 

Governor-General,  Spanish  flag  of,  No.  121 Case      31 

Guam,  official  flag  of,  No.  87 Case      31 

Guam,  Spanish  flag  taken  at  the  surrender  of,  No.  88 Case      31 

Guam,  Spanish  flag  taken  at  the  surrender  of,  No.  89 Case      37 

Guam,  Spanish  flag  taken  at  the  surrender  of,  No.  90 Case      28 

Guam,  Spanish  flag  from  governor's  palace,  No.  144 Case      37 

Guerriere,  jack  of  the  British  frigate,  No.  4 Ceiling   4 

Guerriere,  pennant  of  the  British  frigate,  No.  5 Ceiling   5 

Highflyer,  ensign  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  8 Case        9 

Hunter,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  31 Case      12 

Hunter,  pennant  of  the  British  brig,  No.  75 Ceiling  53 

Huron,  boat  flag  from  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  79 Case      13 

Insurgente,  1',  ensign  of  the  French  frigate,  No.  15 Case      14 

Jalapa  squadron-of-the-line,  cavalry  guidon  of,  No.  62 Case      27 

Japan,  first  U.  S.  ensign  hoisted  in,  No.  19 Case      19 

Java,  ensign  of  the  British  frigate,  No.  26 Case        1 

Kearsarge,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  13 Case      21 

King  George  III  guidon,  No.  78 Case      16 

Korean  Generalissimo's  Standard,  No.  16 Case      22 

Korean  flags  Cases  27,  29,  30 

Lady  Prevost,  ensign  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  66 Ceiling  66 

Lady  Prevost,  pennant  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  73 Ceiling  73 

Landrail,  jack  of  the  British  cutter,  No.  45 Ceiling 45 

Levant,  ensign  of  the  British  ship,  No.  30 Ceiling  30 

Linnet,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  39 Case        6 

Little  Belt,  ensign  of  the  British  sloop,  No.  25 Case        3 

Macedonian,  ensign  of  the  British  frigate,  No.  53 Ceiling  53 

Maine,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  77 Case        7 

Maine,  jack  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  76 Case      17 

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Manila,  official  flag  of,  No.  113 Case  34 

Mashouda,  ensign  of  the  Algerine  frigate,  No.  68 Ceiling  68 

Mexican  flag,  captured  at  Mazatlan,  No.  43 Case  13 

Mexican  flag,  captured  at  Mazatlan,  No.  51 Case  27 

Mexican  flag,  captured  at  Monterey,  No.  65 Case  27 

Mexican  flag,  marked  "  San  Juan,"  No.  20 Case  27 

Mexican  flag,  captured  at  Tuxpan,  No.  7 Case  27 

Montojo,  flag  of  Rear  Admiral  Patricio,  No.  114 Case  34 

New  Ironsides,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  83 Case  19 

Peacock,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  63 j Ceiling  63 

Penguin,  ensign  of  the  British  sloop,  No.  27 Ceiling  27 

Perry,  battle  flag  of  Master  Commandant  Oliver  Hazard,  No.  12.  .Ceiling  12 
Perry,  flag  raised  in  Japan  by  Commodore  Matthew  Calbraith, 

No.  19  Case  19 

Porto  Rico,  first  Spanish  flag  hauled  down  by  United  States  forces 

in,  No.  133 Case  36 

Queen  Charlotte,  ensign  of  the  British  ship,  No.  37 Case  2 

Queen  Charlotte,  pennant  of  the  British  ship,  No.  41 Ceiling  41 

Rear  Admiral's  boat  flag,  Spanish  navy,  No.  140 Case  31 

Rear  Admiral's  flag,  Spanish  navy,  No.  107 Case  33 

Rear  Admiral's  flag,  Spanish  navy,  No.  134 Case  33 

Reindeer,  ensign  of  the  British  brig,  No.  3 Ceiling  3 

Royal  Standard,  British,  No.  14 Ceiling  14 

Saginaw's  gig,  flag  of  the,  No.  81 Case  19 

San  Jose,  garrison  flag  of,  No.  69 Case  10 

Santo  Domingo,  ensign  of  the  Spanish  armed  steamer,  No.  129.  . .  .Case  37 
Santo  Domingo,  pennant  of  the  Spanish  armed  steamer,  No.  146.  .Case  41 

Spanish  boat  flag,  No.  102 Case  31 

Spanish  merchant  flag,  No.  103 Case  34 

Spitfire,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  21 Case  38 

St.  Lawrence,  ensign  of  the  British  schooner,  No.  6 Case  11 

Thomas  Freeborn,  pennant  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  82 Case  39 

Truxtun,  jack  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  168 Case  10 

Truxtun,  jack  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  169 Case  39 

Unknown  history,  flag  of,  No.  17 Case  32 

Unknown  history,  flag  of,  No.  58 Case  16 

Unknown  history,  flag  of,  with  numerals  814,  No.  60 Case  18 

Vandalia,  boat  flag  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  173 Case  38 

Vandalia,  ensign  of  the  U.  S.  S.,  No.  72 Case  40 

Vera  Cruz  squadron-of-the-line,  cavalry  guidon  of  the,  No.  61 ...  .Case  27 


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